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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unique about the return trip to Europe?
(a) The Indians who traveled with them were the first Indians to travel to Europe.
(b) The explorers did not bring any captives.
(c) The explorers got lost.
(d) The Indians were the first to steer a ship.

2. These men continued to purchase railroads. Why?
(a) Railroads were cheap.
(b) They had nothing better to do.
(c) They had an entire coastline to cover.
(d) They thought they could use the Everglades land.

3. George Merrick designed the plans for the city to be called _________ Gables.
(a) Shining.
(b) Green.
(c) Coral.
(d) High.

4. A thirteen-year-old boy named Escalante de Fonteneda remained with the Indians for how many years?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Seventeen.

5. Why did most European immigrants go further west?
(a) They feared the Indians.
(b) They did not want to live in a tropical climate.
(c) They did not feel safe in Florida.
(d) They did not want to compete with the slave labor in Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does it usually rain in a row?

2. Man did not originate in the Everglades or Florida. The Indians moved to Florida. In the beginning, there were how many races?

3. How did the Indians make a living?

4. The Mikasukis and the _______________ did not get along and they didn't have much to do with the escaped slaves.

5. What had happened to the person Menendez was looking for?

(see the answer key)

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